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10 Dec 2016 2:58:39am

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"I believe in limited Determinism"

Considering that most things in the universe are deterministic, except (apparently) the human mind, it is hardly determinism which is limited.

On the contrary, it is free will, if it exists, which is limited. Humans are a single species among millions, in a universe run by physics, and we have only been here for the smallest pinprick of time.

Determinism rules. Free will, if it is not just a figment of our imagination, is a very limited, and possibly aberrant, phenomenon.

Our egos just love to make it all-important. We want to think the universe is here for us. It feels good to think we are important, of course, but it's hardly the case.

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